‘Congress will lead the opposition in Maharashtra’, Prithviraj Chavan’s statement may increase the tension of Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray

Political upheaval continues in the politics of Maharashtra. Ever since Ajit Pawar took oath as a minister in the government of Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis in Maharashtra, there has been a rise in political buzz both in the ruling party and in the opposition. While the ruling party is not able to form a consensus, that is why the matter of distribution of ministries and cabinet expansion is stuck. On the other hand, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and the Congress are showing solidarity, but everyone has their own claims regarding the leadership. In the midst of all this, a clear claim has been made by the Congress that it is going to lead the opposition in Maharashtra. It has been said on behalf of former Chief Minister of the state and senior party leader Prithviraj Chavan.

There is no scope for break in Congress

This statement of the Congress for Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray in Maharashtra can also be a blow because where Thackeray led the Maha Vikas Aghadi, Sharad Pawar has been consistently holding more power than the Congress in Maharashtra. After the split in NCP, it was clearly said by the Congress that there is unity in our party and the number of MLAs is more, so we should meet the Leader of the Opposition. Citing the new political situation in the state after the split in the Nationalist Congress Party, Chavan said his party would lead the opposition in the state and contest the next Lok Sabha elections as a constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). He also said that there is no scope for a split in the Congress like the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.

will keep fighting

The Congress leader said in his statement that the Congress party will lead the opposition and we will be an effective opposition. The purpose for which Maha Vikas Aghadi was formed is still intact today. The objective was that we have to defeat the communal forces led by the BJP…we will continue the fight.” He also said that there was no question of bargaining for seats, as the BJP was likely to be defeated on the basis of Only the candidates will be decided. On the exercise of opposition alliance, Chavan said, “BJP got 37 per cent votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. If imagine that even today BJP has 35 percent vote base, then it means that 65 percent voters are against BJP. The votes of these 65 percent people get divided among different parties. Modi ji benefits from the division of votes.